Corner fastening for bedsteads



M. LOWY.

CORNER FASTENING FOR- BEDSTEIDS.

APPLlATloN FILED ocT..2s`1921.

1,433,214. wanted 001. 21, 19212.

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M. LOWY.

CORNER FASTENING FOR BEDSTEADS.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 26, 192|.

1,433,214, v muted oct. 24,1922,

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Patented @et 24, i922, l

MORRIS LOWY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORNER FASTENING FOR BEDS'IEADS. i

Application filed October 2G, 1921. Serial No. 510,415.

To aZZ w/liom it may concern: bedstead, to whichthe corner-fastening is to Be it known that l, MORRIS LowY, a citibe'attached. The corner-fastening'includes zen ofthe United States,and resident ofthe a bracket-like hollow rectangular shell 11, city of New York, in the county of Kings preferably, made of one integral piece, for fand State of New York, have invented cerinstance by stamping operations from a 60 tain new and useful Improvements in Corblank 12, shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. ner F astenings for Bedsteads, of which the ilhis shell includes a top wall 13, an inner following is a speciication. side wall 14, an outer side wall 15, from, The present invention relates to improvewhich extends inwards toward the wall 14: a l'ments in corner-fastenings for bedsteads, bottom portion 16.- From'the said bottom e5 and has for its main object to provide a simportion rises a plate member 17, theupper ple, eificient and durable device of this type section of which is inclined, as shown at 18; which is made by stamping operations. said inclined portion extending toward the Another object of the invention is to pro-y upper edge of the outer side wall 15. From 15 duce a corner-fastening of the type specified, the inner side `wall 14 extendsv toward the 70 which permits of a convenient assembling of outer side wall 15 a bottom portion 19, mergthe bed and of a taking down' of the same ing into a vertical plate member 20, that exby inexperienced operators with but little tends parallel to the plate member 17 and is time and energy. then bent back toward and into contact with 20 -A further object ofthe invention is to so the side wall 14, as clearly shown at 21. The 75 construct the corner-fastening that the bedshell elements so far described extend longibottom `supporting member may be clamped tudinally of the bedstead, that is to say at thereto or released therefrom by an eleright cngles to the longitudinal axis of the ment that forms part of the corner-fastencorner-post 10, and serve to receive, in a ing, therev being-thus no chance of losing manner hereinafter to be described, the bed- 80 or misplacing the clamping member. bottom supporting angle bar 22. The shell With 'these and other objects in view, includes furthermore end members 28, one which will more fully appear as the nature of which engages the corner-post, while the of the invention is better understood, the other abuts against the first-mentioned end -same consists in the combination, arrangemember. The end members project a sub- 85 ment and construction of parts hereinafter stantial distance below the bottom portions described, pointed out inthe lappended above referred to, screw bolts 24 passing claims Iand illustrated in the accompanying through the said end members into the cordrawings, it being understood that many ner-post and serving to attach the shell to changes may be'made in the size and prothe said post.

portion of the several parts and details of The shell, as described, constitutes a holconstruction within the scope of the aplow rectangular body, adapted to receive one pended claims, without departing `from the end of the angle bar 22, the horizontal flange spirit or sacriiicing any of the advantages of 25 of the `said angle bar abutting against the yinner face of the top wall 18 of the shell, 95 One ofthe many possible embodiments of andthe vertical iiange 26 of the said angle the' invention is illustrated in the accombar abutting against the inner face of the panying drawings, in which zouter side wall 15 of the shell. The vertical Figure 1 is 'a perspective view of a porflange'of the said angle bar rests upon the tion 'of the corner-post of a bedstead with a bottom portion 16 of the shell, and the free 100 corner-fastening, constructed in accordance edge of the inclined portion 1S of the plate with the lpresent invention, in lposition member 17 is adapted to engage the inner thereon; Fig2 is aside elevation of the face of the bend between the two anges of elements shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section the angle barpas will hereinafter appear;

'taken on line 3*-3 of FigI2; Fig. 4- is a secrlhe rplate member 17 and its inclined por- .105 tion taken on line (if-Fig; 2; and Fig. 5 tion 18 are capable of yielding, constituting is a plan view ofthe blank of which the shell thus a, jawV that is adapted to be forced of the fastening isinade. y l against the angle b'a-r 22. For effecting this in the drawings, the numeral l0 indicates c-lampingoperation, vthere is a lever 27 piva portion of a rectangular corner-post of a oted to the shell "11, the pivot being in the 110 form of a screw bolt 28, that extends through the inner wall 14, the plate member 2O and plate member 17. The outer end of the said screw bolt is provided with a head 29, abutting against the outer face of the side wall 14, and its inner end is screw-threaded.

The said threads mesh with those of anut 30,l

' The two cam faces are on a 'vertically extending section 3ft of the lever, the latter being provided with a horizontally extending handle portion 35, that extends inwards toward the longitudinal center line of the bed-V stead. 'llhe plate vmember 20 and its horizontal portion 21 constitute a spacing element, serving to hold the lever 27 in proper relation to the lug 32 above mentioned.

The two shells 11 on the corner-posts, forming an end member of the bedstead, may he connected in any suitable manner, for-instance by an angle bar l3G, which is fastened by screws 37, or, otherwise, to. lugs 33,- which are, preferably, made integral with-the two shells.

T he operation of the corner-fastening is as follows: When an angle bar is to be insert-y ed into the shell, the lever: 27 is shifted around its pivot in the direction of the arrow shown in F ig. v2 ofthe-drawings until its side cam face is disengaged froin'the lug 32 and its end cam face is disposed at a distance from the top wall 13 of the shell suiiicient to permit of a convenient insertion of the anglejbar. After the angle-bar has been put into place, the lever 27 is shifted into the position shown in the several figures of the drawing7 whereby the inclined portion 18 of the plate member 17 is forced against the angle bar, lthereby `clamping the latter against the outer side wall 15. Simultaneously therewith, the end ,cam face of the. lever clamps the horizontal flange the angle bar. against the top wall of the shell. ,n

lf it is intended to disengage the angle bar from the shell, obviously the lever 27 must be brought intol a. position-to disengage its cam faces from the lug 32 and the anale bar. l

ttention is called to the fact that the ends ofthe angle bars, engaging the shells or cornerblocks of the bedstead, have no wealtened portions at all', as in the constructions heretofore in use, in which it is usually necesf sai-y` to cutout or remove sections on the ends of the angle bars for engagement with projections or bolts on the corner blocks.

enced operators with but little time and energy.

It is to be observed that, while herein the shell has been described as made of one 1ntegral piece made by stamping operations` lthe saine may be otherwise produced with:

out departing from the invention.

What I claim is z- A 1. ln a corner-fastening forbedsteads, the combination with a corner-post, of a hollow rectangular shell fastened thereto, an angle bar of the bed-bottom supporting frame extending into said shell, said shell'including a rigid portion engaging the outer face of said angle bar and a yielding portion capable of being brought to bear againstl the inner face of said. angle bar, said yielding portion being provided `with a lugand a cam lever mounted on said shell and co-operating with said lug for causingthe yielding portion of said shell to clamp said angle bar against the rigid portion thereof, and means made integral with said shell for spacing said lever from one of the side walls of said shell and keeping lthe same in operative relation to said lug.

2. ln a corner-fastening for bed-steads, the combination with a corner-post, of a hollow rectangular shell fastened thereto, said shell including two parallel side walls, a top, a bottom portion extending from one of said side walls toward the other side wall and merging into anV upwardly extending plate member' between said side walls, said plate member having an inclined portion extending toi ard the junction line of said top wall and side wall to which said bottom is connected, anda bottom portion extending from the other side wall toward said plate member and merging into a plate member extending parallel to said first-mentioned plate member and thence extending back into contact with its respective side wall, said firstmentioned plate member being yieldable, an

.angle bar of the bed-bottom supporting `frame extending y'into said shell with its horizontal flange in abutment with the inner tace of said top wall and with its vertical flange in contact with the side wall that cooperates with said yielding plate member, said vertical flange resting upon said firstmentioned bottom portion, land alever pivoted to said shell betwen said plate memv bers, said lever having' a. cam face for causing the inclined portion of said yielding shell section to clamp said angie bai' against one of said side Walls, said lever having a further ouin face adapted to bear against the horizontal 'Hnge of Said angle bai' and MORRIS LUWY. 

